UK prosecutors consider charges over royal hoax call

* London police give prosecutors file on hoax call to royal

nurse

* Jacintha Saldhana found dead after taking prank phone call

* Duchess of Cambridge was in hospital with morning sickness

LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - British detectives investigating

the death of a nurse found hanged after she took a prank phone

call at a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate

have passed an evidence file to prosecutors, police said on

Saturday.

Public prosecutors must decide whether the case is strong

enough to bring charges over a stunt that was condemned around

the world and fuelled concerns about media ethics.

Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanging in her

hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the hoax

call from an Australian radio station, an inquest heard.

She put the call through to a colleague who disclosed

details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition during treatment

for an extreme form of morning sickness in the early stages of

pregnancy.

"Officers submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service

(CPS) for them to consider whether any potential offences may

have been committed by making the hoax call," London's

Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

A CPS spokesman confirmed it had received the file, but

declined to comment on the timing or nature of possible charges.

"That is what we will be considering," he said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the case

as a "complete tragedy" and has said many lessons will have to

be learned from the nurse's death.

Australia's media regulator has launched an investigation

into the phone call. Southern Cross Austereo, parent

company of radio station 2Day FM, has apologised for the stunt.

Britain's own media is already under pressure to agree a new

system of self-regulation and avoid state intervention following

a damning inquiry into reporting practices.

The presenters who made the call, Mel Greig and Michael

Christian, have apologised for their actions.

(Reporting by Peter Griffiths; Editing by Stephen Powell)

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